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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
March 7, 2007 NH HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - House (226 - 130)
March 6, 2007 TX HB 8 Punishment of Sex Offenders Bill Passed - House (119 - 25)
March 6, 2007 WA 2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
March 5, 2007 ID HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards Resolution Failed - House (27 - 43)
Feb. 27, 2007 IN HB 1008 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Coverage Bill Failed - House (44 - 52)
Feb. 22, 2007 MS SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Bill Passed - House (97 - 16)
Feb. 22, 2007 KY HCS HB 345 HPV Immunizations Bill Passed - House (59 - 39)
Feb. 21, 2007 WY SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking Bill Failed - House (29 - 30)
Feb. 21, 2007 IN HB 1337 Smoking in a Vehicle With Children Bill Failed - House (43 - 51)
Feb. 21, 2007 VA H Sub Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children Bill Passed - House (89 - 9)
Feb. 8, 2007 WY HB 68 Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure Bill Passed - House (39 - 21)
Feb. 5, 2007 VA Sub HB 2035 HPV Vaccination Bill Passed - House (80 - 17)
Feb. 2, 2007 WY HB 95 Quality Childcare Bill Passed - House (42 - 17)
Feb. 2, 2007 UT HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act Bill Passed - House (38 - 37)
Jan. 30, 2007 VA Sub HB 1727 Participation in School Clubs Bill Passed - House (82 - 15)
Jan. 25, 2007 SC H 3063 Defining Marriage Bill Passed - House (92 - 7)
Date No. Title Outcome
3/07 HB 184 Abortion Parental Notification Bill Passed - House (226 - 130)
3/06 HB 8 Punishment of Sex Offenders Bill Passed - House (119 - 25)
3/06 2nd Sub SB 5093 Affordable Health Care Coverage for Children Bill Passed - House (68 - 28)
3/05 HCR 18 Early Childhood Learning Standards Resolution Failed - House (27 - 43)
2/27 HB 1008 Tobacco Tax to Fund Health Coverage Bill Failed - House (44 - 52)
2/22 SB 2391 Abortion Law Reform Bill Passed - House (97 - 16)
2/22 HCS HB 345 HPV Immunizations Bill Passed - House (59 - 39)
2/21 SF 101 Sex Offender Tracking Bill Failed - House (29 - 30)
2/21 HB 1337 Smoking in a Vehicle With Children Bill Failed - House (43 - 51)
2/21 H Sub Refusal of Medical Treatment for Children Bill Passed - House (89 - 9)
2/08 HB 68 Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure Bill Passed - House (39 - 21)
2/05 Sub HB 2035 HPV Vaccination Bill Passed - House (80 - 17)
2/02 HB 95 Quality Childcare Bill Passed - House (42 - 17)
2/02 HB 148 Parent Choice in Education Act Bill Passed - House (38 - 37)
1/30 Sub HB 1727 Participation in School Clubs Bill Passed - House (82 - 15)
1/25 H 3063 Defining Marriage Bill Passed - House (92 - 7)

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